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Baja fossils?
Can anyone help figure out what kind of large vertebrate fossils were
observed by early Spanish missionaries in Baja? Dinosaur fossils occur in the
El Gallo Formation on the north Pacific coast, but I have not been able to
locate the " the oasis called Kadakaamang." At the oasis, the missionaries
dug up giant skeleton after some bones were revealed by a flood. The entire
vertebra was found, a long arm bone (broken) , a partial thigh bone, several
teeth, and a large fragment of the cranium. The femur fragment was about 2
feet long. The size of the bones led the finders to guess the creature
extended about 11 feet.
Any knowledge of this oasis or ideas about the probable identity of the
skeleton will be much appreciated!